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Bent
07:00
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I think I must be bent in the head
With the way my thoughts run in circles
Ah look at them coming around again, will it ever end?
I don’t think so, getting sick of these head spins
Here in my bed
I lie and stare at the ceiling
Try to make it sit still for a minute but it never stops spinning
I guess nothing’s ever finished it begins where it ends again
It just bends and bends and bends and bends and bends and bends
So I guess I’ll keep moving ahead
But the path leads back to my feet
Think I’d rather be sleeping on the street
Than keep up with this day after day of waking up in the same place
I stare at the stars as they
Slide across the sky
And try to make them sit still for a minute but they never stop spinning
I guess nothing’s ever finished it begins where it ends again
It just bends and bends and bends and bends and bends and bends
I think I must be bent in the head
Bent in the head
I need cold water
To get me out of this bed
I think I must be bent in the head
Bent in the head
I need something stronger now
To put my thoughts to rest, you know they keep on running
You know they keep on running
I think I must be bent in the head
Bent in the head
I need cold water
To get me out of this bed
I think I must be bent in the head
Bent in the head
I need something stronger now
To put my thoughts to rest, hush now it’s over
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2. |
Disorient
04:47
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Started like any other day, I woke up with a drink of water
Something felt a little strange, as I stumbled into the kitchen
But I figured it would be okay, I went outside to check the weather
The air was damp and the sky was gray, yeah everything felt kinda peculiar
I started out with a plan to seize the day
But the day was feeling some other way
My plans have been abandoned sad to say
I swear I was here for a reason
But I forgot what I was doing
Forgot what I was doing again
Forgot what I was doing
What was it I was looking for?
Something took a hold of me, I left the house went down the driveway
After that my mind went blank, until I came around in an unfamiliar place
Standing in the street, the cars around were still and empty
I tried to move my feet, but I had lost all control it seemed
I guess I finally split from my routine
But this is not quite what I imagined
If only I could sort out what it means
But before I could even begin
I forgot what I was doing
Forgot what I was doing again
Forgot what I was doing
What was it I was looking for?
I forgot what I was doing
Forgot what I was doing again
Forgot what I was doing
I gotta get back to where I was before
I gotta get back
find an anchor
Look for something familiar
I look at the sun, soak in the heat, I feel the grass under my feet
I know this place, I know these faces yes I’m sure I do
But I forget the names, forget the way everything feels upon my skin
Thought I’d be fine, little did I know I’d forget what I was doing again
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Haze
04:11
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Rolling down the highway, switching lanes, through the haze
With the static on the radio
I lose the way in the static on the radio, as the chemicals arrange
But I ride the wave as the scenery’s replaced with fiery flames
Flying through the flames as the world around disintegrates
I try to keep it cool in the fire
I’m trying not to panic but I
Oh I think we may have a situation on our hands
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4. |
Fear
05:11
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Something helps him sleep at night
Though it’s well beyond me, I’d die from such fright
Cuz he’s got two to his left, three more to his right
He prays that they don’t see him as he drops out of sight
He’s only got two wishes for the wishing well
As he throws in all the quarters that his pockets could hold
The first is that he’s brought safely back to his home
And the other’s that they might save his soul, oh but he knows
His fear is too cold
He’s alone, and he sits perfectly still
But his jaw starts to quiver, something’s giving him chills
And he walks on the line between what’s fake and what’s real
What he calls home is just an empty house on the hill
A wayward soul, this is no place for a child
She says I know, but I’m just passing by
On my way home, and I won’t run for my life
Because I know, that in the midst of my fear I might find
I might find my soul
But her fear is too cold
Just hold on, this will be over soon
You pass the ghosts and the ghouls and they’re howling at the moon
Cuz they can smell your fear, you know they fear it too
And they won’t stop until it’s gone
They say the only thing to fear is fear in itself
But when there’s fear all around that makes your life living hell
Because it creeps in, proliferates, and builds on itself
Next thing you know, you’re alone
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A Gentle Breeze
01:57
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Shades
03:46
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I think you should dance
But if you don’t dance then maybe that’s your body saying “open up your mouth and sing”
And if you don’t sing then maybe that’s your mind saying “shut your mouth and think for a while”
But if you ain’t got the time then pay me no mind, just loosen up your hips and move to the side
And go step, slide, step, slide, get out your mind and move until it feels right
There’s no one else here that I know
I really shouldn’t care
But I’m fucked up and paranoid, and losing my bearings
And I think, no I swear, they’re all starting to stare
So I put on my shady shades to stay the stray shades of gray away from my face
And I step aside, avert my eyes, let it ride and turn up the music til I feel alright
Until I feel alright
Well I like to dance, I do it with my hands at my side cuz it just feels right to me
But if you like to dance with your hands in the sky I think you oughtta throw em up between sips of your drink
Because not enough to drink gives me too much to think, and too much to think gets my head sore
So I set up shop on the dance floor, pop a top and drink til I can’t think no more no
As it starts to get out of control
Feels like I’m losing it
This music’s too slow, and this dance floor is cold
And this party’s getting old so I guess I’ll be going now
I put on my flippy flops and split the spot, hit the hot blacktop coppin a walk
And I slow my roll to a steady stroll, let it go and turn up the music as I go let’s go
Oh let’s go
I think you should dance
Because I like to dance
I really think you should..
Step, slide, left, right, left, right
Hands in the sky, we can dance all night
Step outside, take a break, back inside
Feeling funky, fresh, and fly, we can dance all night now
I think you should dance!
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7. |
My World
03:46
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Feelin like I need to get away, so today my world consists of me
There’s nobody else who exists but me
I can’t help myself I need some room to breathe
So I’m taking leave of everyone who is not me
When I’m all by myself, sometimes I just feel so free
So now everyone else can exit to the side of the screen
Until I’m the only one who persists in being
You may think that I’d get lonely but I don’t, you see
This is my world, where I’m the only one that I need
And I can wallow in the glory of a gentle breeze
I could be walking down the middle of a crowded street
Knowing that nobody around has any bearing on me
This is my world, nobody exists but me
In the park after dark I can simply be
They say ignorance is bliss so I blissfully
Dismiss the existence of everyone else but me
This is my world
Well you may think that you exist on your own, but you do not
You’re a figment, a piece of my mind, you’re just a thought
And when I close my eyes at night you become naught
But a memory, chemically induced inside my dreams
And it may seem to you that everything is just as it seems
But this is only what I’ve allowed you to see and to believe
If this upsets you, well don’t take it too seriously
You may be real, but you’ll never be as real as me
This is my world, I’m the only one that I need
And I can wallow in the glory of a gentle breeze
I could be walking down the middle of a crowded street
Knowing that nobody around has any bearing on me
This is my world, nobody exists but me
In the park after dark I can simply be
They say ignorance is bliss so I blissfully
Dismiss the existence of everyone else but me
This is my world, nobody exists but me
I’m in the park after dark and I’m free to be who I want
No one will notice cuz there’s only me
This is not where you belong this is my place you see
This is my world, nobody exists but me
In the park after dark, I can finally breathe
They say ignorance is bliss so I blissfully
Dismiss the existence of everyone else but me this is my world
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8. |
Sea Anemones
04:43
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I used to be a little boy, feckless and afraid
Now I’m the king of my whole world, fearless and invincible
Cuz I turned all my enemies into sea anemones
And now I’m living in a paradise, paradise, it’s so nice, so nice
The sun reflects and infiltrates, fills up every little corner
The light it slides across my face, and it feels so nice, so nice
Cuz I turned all my enemies into sea anemones (you should really try it…)
And now I’m living in a paradise, paradise, it’s so nice, so nice
Nice enough to make you forget they used to be sharks in the dark water
Yeah so nice, that you just might forget that they were sharks in the dark water
But now there’s just a little sting, as a reminder that they used to be sharks in the dark water
Now there’s just a little sting, as a reminder to myself that they were sharks in the dark water
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9. |
Tide
05:36
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We sat on the beach and watched the mountains rise up from the sea
Watched the clouds above and trees sprout up before our eyes
They didn’t believe that we had been there from the start
So they called it luck, said we were just in the right place, the right time
But they were so blind, and we know it was more like the right state of mind
The waves crashing upon the shore
Painted a picture there in time
And it was framed by cliffs on three sides
And encroached upon the other by the rising tide
They couldn’t be what we were
Because they didn’t have the vision or the time
They could never see what we saw
Because their eyes were not adjusted to the light
But it was so fine, sparkling beneath the wild sun
The memory of what we found
Still sends a shiver down my spine
Cuz it was pulsating with a luminescent shine
In perfect time with the waves of the rising tide
The tide is coming in, I think we may have found something here come check it out my friend
The tide is coming in, this is something we might never see again it’s changing with the wind
The tide is coming in, I think we may have found something here sparkling in sunshine
The tide is coming in, this is something we might never see again so gather round and drink it in
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10. |
Matt Damon
04:11
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Alone
Drifting on the breeze
Floating like a leaf
Dancing through the trees
With the motion of the seas
The planets and the stars
The pieces all proceed
In an Interstellar Waltz
And the beauty of it’s got me shakin at the knees
We go
On and on it seems
Floating down the stream
Swaying with the beat
Of the universe, and so it’s been, and so it will be
Ever since the stars were born
Ever since the earth was formed
We’ve been spinning round and round on an
Interstellar dance floor
The pieces of the human race have been
Orbiting through time and space and they’re
Washing up upon the shore of an
Interstellar dance floor
Home
So good to be home again
Feels like waking from a dream
Or melting back into the sea
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